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Hall Village is arguably the northernmost village in the Empire, and it is next to the vast snow-capped mountains, which are like winter all year round. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The people in the village are all wearing padded jackets and thick gloves, and they look a little bloated, but without exception, they are very hospitable.

"Almost a hundred years ago, there was a guy named Hall who led some people here. Jimmy said to Ian as he put a thick padded jacket on his body, "I don't remember if I was hiding from war or disaster, but they came here to clear the wasteland." It took many years to turn this barren land into a place where people could live. In order to commemorate the first village chief, the villagers changed the name of the village to Hall Village. ”

Ian nodded as he listened, watching as the thickly dressed Hale villagers helped them carry boxes of things. Sure enough, it's a simple and unpretentious villager, if it's himself, he must collect some money.

In this comparison, Ian felt that he was extremely vulgar.

"You're wearing too little, go buy some clothes. Jimmy pulled a cloth bag out of his arms, and the bag jingled, "That's your salary." ”

Ian took the bag and opened it to look inside. Suddenly, I don't think slaying dragons is such a nasty thing.

The team didn't prepare padded jackets for everyone, so they all needed to be purchased. Compared to the others, Ian had more to buy, and he was flanked by the Crusader infantry, which sounded very powerful, but he didn't have any hair. The uniform shiny silver armor doesn't matter, and the silver cross crossbow doesn't matter, after all, these are all custom-made, but it's not even a knife for self-defense.

Although those reloads may not be very useful when encountering dragons, they are always comforting to hold. Under Ian's strong protest, Jimmy had no choice but to give Ian some more money to prepare his own weapons and equipment.

"You're already a member of the Crusaders, so take away the thief and scoundrel. ”

Ian pretended not to hear, took the money and ran.

The village of Hall is not big, but it is not small either. There are nearly 1,000 families living here, and it can be considered a small town outside. Ian had never been to a city in the snow before, and it was certainly a novelty. He walked slowly down the street, not like he had come to buy, but like a thief looking for the unlucky.

As he walked, suddenly a huge black shadow appeared in front of Ian's eyes. Ian's heart seemed to be grabbed, and he jerked hard, and then unconsciously took a few steps back.

Dragon.

The dragon hovering in the air spread its wings large enough to cover the sky and the sun, and the scale armor on its body was clearly visible, and the dragon's teeth were sharp as if they could pierce everything.

Ian's heart shook several times before he forced himself to calm down. He held his forehead, and was surprised to find that his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

That's right, it's a dragon, but it's just a statue. It's just that this statue is too ghostly, and it scared Ian at the first time. He thought he had seen the nightmare he had had been from ten years ago.

After recovering his strength, Ian leaned under the statue and took a closer look at the statue. I have to say that the ability of the person who carved this statue is really not small, the lines on the body of the dragon, a small piece of scale armor, the carving is lifelike. If it weren't for the difference in color, Ian would have thought it was dragon scales, but one thing is for sure, the person who carved this statue may have seen the dragon up close!

It's just that what makes Ian a little puzzling is that no matter where they are, humans regard dragons as enemies, the kind of enemies that will not stop until the other party dies for thousands of years. But why is there a statue like this carved here, and it seems to be in the middle of the village, what is this? The totem of Hall Village? Then why not carve Hall, isn't an old man not domineering?

Well, it really doesn't.

"This dragon's name is Insec. Just as Ian was pondering, an old voice came from his ear, interrupting his musings, "It's the guardian of the snowy mountains. ”

Ian followed the sound, but saw no one.

"Look down, lad, don't look above the top. The old man's voice was a little dissatisfied.

Ian lowered his head with a strange expression. I saw an old man with gray hair, looking at himself with his head raised, and in his sunken eye sockets, a pair of cloudy eyes were full of dissatisfaction with himself. This is nothing, the main thing is that the height of this old man is only up to his waist.

"Well, the old man. Ian asked tactfully, "Are you a dwarf?"

The old man's round eyes widened, and his white beard rose like a torch about to burn. He picked up the crutch he was carrying and knocked it on Ian's head, but Ian didn't react, and was cocked with the cane: "You don't know anything! You don't know anything! The dwarves don't know, and you go to slay the dragon?"

Ian didn't expect that the old man was small and powerful, and he hit him with a stick, and hurriedly begged for mercy. The old man snorted in confusion.

"Dwarves?" Ian asked, rubbing his head, puzzled, "Haven't the dwarves perished for many years?"

Dwarves, elves, humans, dragons. These are the four great races recorded in ancient books, each with its own habitat, but later powerful dragons destroyed the elves and dwarves one after another, and halved the number of humans.

A trace of loneliness flashed in the old man's cloudy eyes, but he quickly covered it up, and snorted: "Not all of them are dead, there are always some left in this world." Even elves are the same, but there are very few of them. ”

Elves too?

Ian remembered that when he was young, his mother used to tell him stories about elves, and although she didn't want to hear them, she stubbornly forced herself to listen to them. Then she tells Ian that her biggest dream is to see real elves.

It's just that she'll never have a chance to make that dream come true.

"Tell your team, young man, go back. The old dwarf put his hands behind his back and said, "The snow-capped mountains are not something you can conquer. This is destined to be a journey with no return, I advised your last team a dozen days ago, but the leader couldn't listen. Hey, now it's okay, such a good young man, he will never come back. ”

"The last team?" Ian thought for a moment, thinking that it should be the team of the eldest young master they had spoken about before.

"I know what you think. The old dwarf glanced at the crusaders in the distance and said slowly, "For thousands of years, neither the elves, nor the dwarves, nor the humans have ever broken off this idea, but none of them have succeeded. What does this mean, it has not always been on our side. ”

Ian blinked, completely unaware of what the old dwarf was saying. He didn't mean to explain, sighed, and walked away with his hands behind his back. But Ian knew at least one thing.

This journey is very dangerous.